Breaking through In Fashion with Fashion Stylist & Art Director Carly Brook
Saturday 12th May 11.15-1pm at a Central London Location
Ever look at the latest Glossy Magazine's and Fashion Campaigns and wonder how did the Fashion Editors and Stylist's get their first job in the Industry? Did they study Fashion? Do they know people? How did they manage to get their lucky break?
During this short workshop we set out to break down the different ways of finding work in the Fashion Industry. The Fashion Industry can be a closed one and at this workshop with 20 years experience Art Director and Leading Fashion Stylist Carly Brook www.carlybrook.com will be sharing her advice and wealth of experience to help students break in to the Industry.
At the workshop you will find out what sort of roles are available in a fast growing Fashion Industry. Most important of all discover how you can follow a path straight in to employment if you would wish into the industry, using expert advice. Maybe you have no experience and you are wondering how to get that experience that will fast track you in to a career in industry. Maybe you have already completed a fashion course in the past but are unaware how to stand out from the competition and turn that experience into gaining the Fashion job you want.
Covered during the workshop is help with CV's interview techniques and what skills are truly needed in todays fast moving Fashion World to find yourself being in demand from Fashion employeers.
The workshop is structured in to different subject modules and as the workshop is a small group of only 20 students, you will have the chance to interact and ask the speaker direct questions.
Carly Brook - www.carlybrook.com
Carly Brook started working in Fashion as a Stylist Assistant whilst completing a styling degree at The London College of Fashion. She assisted top stylists such as Katie Grand at The Face magazine and then Katy England on various Fashion Shows for Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood.
On graduation Carly started building up her own portfolio of work whilst working at Arena Homme Plus magazine as Freelance Fashion Assistant. Whilst there she worked on shoots with celebrities such as Brad Pitt & Orlando Bloom. She then went on to assist full time leading men’s stylist Panos Yapanis, working with Panos on shoots in Paris & New York with Photographers Peter Lindbergh and Karl Lagerfeld for magazines such as V Magazine, Italian and French Vogue.
Soon enough Carly became in demand herself as a stylist and with her high fashion background and found herself busy with a variety of projects. Commercials also take up alot of Carly's time and she has styled advertising/commercials work for “Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, GHD Hair Straighteners, Living TV, Britain’s Top Model, Scholl Body Spray, Jade’s PA, T- Mobile, Superdrug, Max Factor, Oli, Max Factor, MTV and Visa.
Carly continues to act as Contributing Fashion Editor to various fashion magazines coming up with fashion stories on a regular basis, she makes sure she is constantly up to date with the latest fashion looks and has access to pull some of the best fashion pieces available.
When asked what keeps Carly going after ten years in the industry she replied, “I like being set the impossible brief and making the it happen. I am still coming up with fresh ideas for clients and love my work as much as when I started”.
Carly moved in to Education world about eight year ago completing her Masters in Education whilst teaching part time at The London College of Fashion, Ater that she taught at the famous Italian Fashion School Istituto Marangoni leaving after 3 years as Acting Course Director. Seeing a gap in the market for honest and highly practical fashion training Carly launched with a group of respected Industry Creatives the London School of Styling www.schoolofstyling.com
The venue location will be emailed to the students several days before the workshop.
To attend email hello@londonschoolofstyling.com
